Use Stackbar

Plugins and the Store

Install plugins from the signed store, approve what they can reach, and keep them up to date.

Almost everything Stackbar does comes from plugins, including the parts that feel built in, such as Applications and Calculator. Each plugin is one Swift file, runs in its own sandboxed process, and can show up in the palette, the menu bar, a panel, a window and a desktop widget.

The Store

Open it from the Stackbar menu (Plugin Store…) or Settings › Store. Every plugin in it was reviewed, built in CI and signed, and Stackbar checks the signature before installing. Pages on stackbar.app/plugins open the same plugin in the app.

Approvals

A plugin declares what it needs: network hosts, files, the clipboard, your calendar, secrets. The first time, and whenever a new version asks for more, Stackbar shows the list in plain English and waits for you. Settings › Privacy & Secrets shows what each plugin can reach.

Settings and secrets

Each plugin has its own page in Settings with its options, its commands and a Secrets section for tokens (stored in your Keychain, never exported).

Updates

Store plugins update themselves once a day; turn that off in Settings › Store. A version its publisher withdraws is removed from every Mac that installed it.

Your own plugins

Drop a .swift file into the plugins folder (Settings › General › Plugins folder) and Stackbar builds and runs it. Writing one needs Xcode or the Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install). Start with Your first plugin.